Maxine Peake
as Anne Williams
Bobby Schofield
as Michael Williams
Lily Shepherd
as Sara Williams
Rob Jarvis
as John Glover
Stephen Walters
as Steve Williams
Clare Calbraith
as Sheila Coleman
Raymond Waring
as Steve Hart
Campbell Wallace
as Kevin Williams
Matthew McNulty
as Andy Burnham
Polly Kemp
as Ann Adlington
Elliot Levey
as Elkan Abrahamson
Lenny Wood
as Peter Carney
Anthony Calf
as Bishop James Jones KBE
Ian Puleston-Davies
as Professor Phil Scraton
Stephen Campbell Moore
as Ed Fitzgerald
Paul McGann
as Sir Malcom Thornton